This is a paragraph from the speech that is understood to have troubled Delhi.

2. "Unity in diversity is India's traditional heritage. Great values of secularism have helped in keeping Indians together as a nation. Today, the spirit is under attack.

Conspiracies and attempts are underway to create an undesirable complexity and divisions in our society; to invade our national consciousness in the name of religion, caste and community, by inciting passions to convert India into a particular religious country and in the name of protecting the cow."

3. A Tripura government press statement, carried by PTI, alleged that Doordarshan and AIR had recorded Sarkar's speech on August 12, but on 14 August at 7 pm the Chief Minister's office was informed through a letter that his speech would not be broadcast unless he "reshaped it".

4. The CM reportedly stated clearly that he "would not change a single word" and described it as "unprecedented, undemocratic, autocratic and intolerant step."